In direct defiance of a Vatican decree, a Texas monastery of cloistered nuns is asking a judge to grant a restraining order against the parties the Vatican has tasked with overseeing the monastery — ...

Carmelite nuns from an Arlington, Texas, monastery are calling for Bishop of Fort Worth Michael Olson to apologize publicly, and in person, for what they described as the unlawful dismissal of their ...

Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity Discalced Carmelite Nuns and Amanda McCoy/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images. There’s a strange ...

In the latest episode, the Arlington Carmelite nuns on Monday filed a lawsuit in Tarrant County District Court asking the judge for a temporary restraining order against the Fort Worth Diocese, its ...

Sister Teresa Agnes Gerlach of Jesus Crucified, former prioress of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity in Arlington, Texas, and Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, Texas, are pictured in an ...

A community of Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, has filed for a temporary restraining order against Vatican-imposed leadership, underscoring their rejection of a Vatican decision to place its ...

A Texas judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by cloistered Carmelite nuns against Bishop Michael Olson of Fort Worth June 30, the same day local police announced they had closed their separate ...